RADLEY BALKO: That Other War. Where the usual suspects don’t get nearly as excited about civilian casualties.

DAVID BERNSTEIN:

It’s kind of amusing to go back and read Obama partisans’ defenses of Biden in August 2008 (e.g., “The comparisons between Biden and Quayle seem way off. Biden has always been more outspoken, articulate, coherent, and respected than Quayle ever was”), and then read what Obama had to say (privately) about Biden a month later: “How many times is Biden gonna say something stupid?” And didn’t Obama know about Biden’s reputation as a “gaffe-prone blowhard” before he selected him as vice-president? I don’t follow inside-D.C. politics very closely, and I knew.

Heh.

FED UP WITH MY “passive-aggressive” shots. Heh.

BOB CORKER IS ANGRY about Treasury’s “blank check” to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

FLIPFLOP: In reversal, Harold Ford Jr. advocates for same-sex marriage. “As a candidate for the U.S. Senate from Tennessee, Harold Ford Jr. advocated a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages. But as he eyes a run for the Senate from New York, he now advocates both civil unions and gay marriage.”

HITLER AS “THE PRODUCT OF A SERIES OF ACTIONS.” Yeah, somebody let him live too long . . . .

A NEW ANTI-PIRATE SHIP: the U.S.S. Independence. I have to say, I never really thought I’d be writing about “new anti-pirate ships” in the 21st Century. . . .

SAY IT AIN’T SO: TSA Misleading The Public About Body Scanners?

A privacy group says the Transportation Security Administration is misleading the public with claims that full-body scanners at airports cannot store or send their graphic images.

The TSA specified in 2008 documents that the machines must have image storage and sending abilities, the Washington-based Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) said.

In the documents, obtained by the privacy group and provided to CNN, the TSA specifies that the body scanners it purchases must have the ability to store and send images when in “test mode.”

That requirement leaves open the possibility the machines — which can see beneath people’s clothing — can be abused by TSA insiders and hacked by outsiders, said EPIC Executive Director Marc Rotenberg.

Good grief.

108 YEARS AGO, Popular Mechanics was launched.

I’VE BEEN DOWN, BUT NOT LIKE THIS BEFORE: CBS: Obama’s Approval Rating Dips to New Low. “President Obama’s job approval rating has fallen to 46 percent, according to a new CBS News poll. That rating is Mr. Obama’s lowest yet in CBS News polling, and the poll marks the first time his approval rating has fallen below the 50 percent mark. Forty-one percent now say they disapprove of Mr. Obama’s performance as president.” As I said before, the other polls eventually seem to catch up with Rasmussen . . . .

Related: CBS: Poll: Obama Health Care Marks Hit New Low. “Just 36 percent of Americans approve of Mr. Obama’s handling of health care, according to the poll, conducted from Jan. 6 – 10. Fifty-four percent disapprove.”

STEPHEN GREEN: Hair Of The Dog: Reid Steps In It & Obama Clogs the Drain With It.

MARKDOWNS ON DVD and Blu-Ray releases.

CONFLICT: Ford To Obama: You Are Not The Boss Of Me.

I AGREE WITH AL GORE on this important issue.

SCOTT BROWN: It’s not the Kennedy seat, it’s the people’s seat.

ANDREW BREITBART: “The launch of the Daily Caller is a necessary step toward creating ideological parity in the all-too-clearly biased mainstream media.”

STIMULUS! Unemployment Unchanged By Road Projects. “A federal spending surge of more than $20 billion for roads and bridges in President Barack Obama’s first stimulus has had no effect on local unemployment rates, raising questions about his argument for billions more to address an ‘urgent need to accelerate job growth.’ An Associated Press analysis of stimulus spending found that it didn’t matter if a lot of money was spent on highways or none at all: Local unemployment rates rose and fell regardless. And the stimulus spending only barely helped the beleaguered construction industry, the analysis showed.”

HARD TIMES: Dude With Biggest Penis In The World Is Unemployed.

INDIA TODAY: Pachauri in a spot as climategate hits TERI.

BROWN BREAKS A MILLION.

UH OH: Feingold Criticizes Reid, Declines to Endorse Him as Leader.

UPDATE: Wisconsin reader Robert Gleason writes: “I wonder if this is the beginning of a scramble for power among Senate Democrats? His reference to the caucus meeting next week and that he has ‘not decided’ how to respond might indicate that he is holding out for something. With Dodd out and Reid on the ropes and Obamacare ‘hanging by a thread’ this might be a good time for an ambitious Senator or two to make a move.”

ANOTHER UPDATE: “African-Americans For Harry Reid” Facebook Page Lists 5 Fans… 4 Are White.

WORST TOUPEE ever? That’s a toupee? I’m not sure if that makes it better, or worse. . . .

IT’S OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF RACISM: NY Governor Suggests Harold Ford Jr. Go Run For Senate Somewhere Else. Hey, there may be an open seat in Nevada soon. . . .

UPDATE: Difficult, Not Impossible: Junior Can Win In New York.

WOW: Scott Brown has now broken the $750,000 goal. Will he raise a million today?

UPDATE: Prof. Jacobson posts another report from Brown HQ.

ANOTHER UPDATE: More here.

LOWER GENE METHYLATION in IVF babies.